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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2020
Axon Enterprise, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Patrick Smith, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Hans Moritz, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Mark Eastwood, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Brian Fairbanks, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Nathan Patulski, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Matthew Carver, Cave Creek, AZ (US);
Axon Enterprise, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
A drone pod may receive, stow, and launch a drone. The drone pod may include a housing, a canopy movably coupled to the housing, a platform movably coupled to the housing, and a drone bay. The drone pod may be configured to move the canopy to expose the drone bay and raise the platform relative to a floor of the drone bay to receive the drone, lower the platform toward the floor of the drone bay and move the canopy to enclose the drone bay to stow the drone, move the canopy to expose the drone bay and raise the platform relative to the floor of the drone bay to launch the drone. The drone pod may be mounted on a vehicle. A system may include a drone pod and a drone, wherein the drone pod is configured to receive, stow, and launch the drone.